[CPEO-BIF] PCE intrusion in Poughkeepsie (NY) shopping area

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vapors raise concerns at plaza 
Ventilation may be hastened

By Dan Shapley
Poughkeepsie Journal (NY)
January 9, 2006

A plan to vent the air in a portion of 9 Plaza on Route 9 in the Town of
Poughkeepsie may be put on an expedited schedule. It can't come soon
enough for store owners there, who had been kept in the dark about the
contaminated air.

The workers at a group of small stores are the latest local people to
deal with "vapor intrusion," when odorless fumes from polluted
groundwater seep through soil and accumulate in buildings.

Customers visiting the stores should face no risk. Long-term exposure to
workers is enough of a concern the state has labeled the air in four
stores "a significant threat to human health." Even at the levels
detected, the health department does not expect workers to experience
health problems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060109/NEWS04/601090320/1006/NEWS01

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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